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Herbie Hancock with Kamasi Washington
Wolf TrapTue. Jul 30 Rejoice in an evening of jazz fusion and R&B!
Library of Congress National Book Festival
Walter E. Washington Convention CenterSat. Aug 31 Over 140 authors, poets and illustrators includingU.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, historians David McCullough and Michael Beschloss, celebrity D.C. chef and humanitarian José Andrés, graphic novel superstar Raina Telgemeier.
Live from the Lawn: UkeFest Finale
StrathmoreWed. Aug 21 Features ukulele superstars Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Daniel Ho, and Peter Luongo along with a mass strum-along.
The Band's Visit
The Kennedy CenterThru Aug. 4 Celebrates the deeply human ways music, longing, and laughter can connect us all.
American Ballet Theatre - Swan Lake
Wolf TrapThis romantic fable of ill-fated passion, dreamlike transformation, and ultimate forgiveness set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score inspires awe and wonder.
The British Invasion
Signature TheatreAug. 20 – 31 Hop the pond for a rocking salute to the UK artists who thrilled and inspired us.
Dear Evan Hansen
The Kennedy CenterAug. 6 – Sep. 8 The deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it.
Disney Pixar's Coco: Concert & Film with NSO
Wolf TrapSat. Jul 27 A family-friendly, live-to-picture concert event
Queens of Egypt
National GeographicThru Sep. 2 This multisensory exhibition will bring you back in time some 3,500 years, to the 18th and 19th dynasties of ancient Egypt.
Disney's Aladdin
The Kennedy CenterThru Sep. 7 Discover a whole new world at Disney’s Aladdin, the hit Broadway musical!
LOC Movies on the Lawn: Thursday's July 11-August 15, 2019
Films screened on Thursday evenings at sundown.
Children's Theatre-in-the-Woods at Wolf Trap
Enjoy fun, interactive, and educational performances of music, dance, puppetry, and storytellingSpotlights
Family Day: Secrets of Egypt
National GeographicSat. Jul 20
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Jan. 5, 2020
The Second City's America; It's Complicated!
The Kennedy CenterThru Aug. 11
Baseball Americana
Library of CongressThru Jul. 27
Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Aug. 18
Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers with Amos Lee
Wolf TrapWed. Jul 24
Live from the Lawn: Band of Us
Strathmore
Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote
Library of CongressThru Sep. 1, 2020
50 Years of Stonewall: LGBTQ+ Activism in the U.S.
Library of Congress
Rossini's The Barber Of Seville with the Wolf Trap Opera
Wolf TrapFri. Aug 9
Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jul. 28
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
National ArchivesThru Jan. 3, 2021
